Warm winter culture

Dogs mushing down a strip of snow in Anchorage.

Longstanding Alaskan traditions are being shaped by warming winters. 2025 was no exception.

Reading Rings: Subfossil Wood Reveals a Glacier’s Climate History

A scientist holds a piece of wood showing different growth rings.

In 2023, research ecologist Jeremy Litell, along with students and staff from the Juneau Icefield Research Program, skied miles across glaciers and ice ridges to follow up on a report of a five-needle pine tree dwelling in the gnarled, patchy, treeline, known as an alpine ecotone, that lined the Llewellyn Glacier.

Science Communication Summer Internship Opportunity

Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center Science Communication Internship overview. Apply soon! Applications close May 8.

The Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center is hiring one summer intern to help translate science into engaging content for real audiences. It’s a hands-on, supportive experience working alongside scientists and communicators on topics like ecology, biology and environmental science.

The Alaska CASC Goes to Washington

Three members of the Alaska CASC stand outside the US Capitol Building.

Each year, folks on the university side of the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center (AK CASC) make a trek to Washington D.C. The purpose of the visit is to meet with policymakers to share updates about the work that we do to provide communities with actionable science they can use to make decisions related to climate impacts, adaptation, and resilience.